History YMMV / KingArthurAndTheKnightsOfJustice

* HilariousInHindsight: The entire premise of the show has a collage football team transported into medieval Britain. Fast-forward a few decades or so and with the popularity of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''LightNovel/ReZero'' and ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'', ''King Arthur & the Knights of Justice'' can be considered the proto-Isekai.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The videogame had very negative reviews and it's regarded as a terrible game. The thing, though, is that it had a start that should've spared it this fate. It was the first [[Creator/SquareEnix Enix]] game developed by an American company, Manley & Associates, and was supposed to get development time as it needed. The team also were enthusiastic about the project and in addition to using season 1 of the cartoon as a source dug deep into Arthurian lore to further dress up the game, leading to the inclusion of Hadrian's Wall, Tintagel Castle, Blaise, and a reference to Riothamus among others. Then the entire franchise was cancelled and the game was put through a final rush to become what it is.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Due to LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and only two seasons, this goes for somewhere between half to three quarters of the cast, and the villains get hit harder than the heroes, but the ones that stand out are:

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUucZVnno0 The theme song]].

* OffModel: Plenty. But those that stand out are:
** Viper in the intro. When his closeup ends with his hand aimed pointing towards the camera, he has six fingers. That's, uh, pretty bad for a focus shot.
** With incidental exception, Lucan was drawn with full gloves covering his lower arms throughout season 1. These should have been arm guards that leave his arms and his hands exposed on the inside so he can actually hold things. As such, whenever he was holding reins in season 1, they were drawn as loosely draped over his gloves. The matter was fixed for season 2.
** With as many Knights and Warlords as there are, it's not surprising sometimes colors or models got switched around. Some notable cases are Blinder being colored like Axe (or Axe using Blinder's model) and Mary having red hair and a green shirt in "Enter Morgana", Everett getting a random backgrounder's colors in "Quest for Courage", Hammer's colors being switched around in "Darren's Key", Slasher's purple being replaced by red in "Assault on Castle Morgana", and Gallop having Zeke's eyes in "Opening Kick-Off"
** Freezing busy battles often shows combatants fighting air, probably due to cell misplacement. The intro battle of "The Challenge" and the three-way battle in "A Matter of Honor" are examples. In the first, Lance and Spike have no visible opponent and in the latter, Brick and Ti Ben have none.
** Part of "The Surrender" was sourced out and whoever it was to, they didn't have the tightest grasp on the characters' designs. Overall, the cast ended up with either eyes that are too small or faces that are too firm, and Viper specifically looks like a [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle]] the whole way through.
** Of season 2, "A Matter of Honor" and "The Island" have odd scenes in which the characters are drawn as essentially looking like origami figurines. The silhouettes are off and the models look built from parts rather than coming together in one design.

* RougeAnglesOfSatin: A typo occurs in the comics at an unfortunate moment, namely when the Knights recite their oath. Rather than vowing to protect the "weak", they vow to protect the "week".

* RecycledScript: Two cases stand out:
** "The Warlord Knight" and "What the Key Unlocked" both see Lance fall into the depths of a body of water and be assumed dead. In both cases it triggers a HeroicBSOD in their partner at that time, the first being Breeze and the second Arthur. And in both cases, the Lady of the Table is instrumental in getting Lance back safely, commending him on his innate goodness.
** "To Save a Squire" and "Winter Campaign". In the former, a lady-in-waiting, Mary, comes along with the Knights to save a family member, her nephew Everett, and in addition to the true danger must also handle the prejudice of the Knights, in particular this one guy, Tone. In the latter, a lady-in-waiting, Elaine, comes along with the Knights to save a family member, her uncle Edward, and in addition to the true danger must also handle the prejudice of the Knights, in particular this one guy, Darren. There are contextual differences, such as that Mary actually is a good fighter while Elaine is more of a capable civilian, but the overall rhythm is the same. "Winter Campaign" more or less pretends "To Save a Squire" didn't happen because none of the Knights act like they've had a woman on the team before.

** The Black Family: As far as the SNES game exclusive content goes, one of the most memorable moments is a trip to the Dark Forest (ie, the perished people place). And the most memorable characters there are the Black Family, consisting of Baron William Black, his daughter Mary, and his sons Richard and NoNameGiven. There's also mention made of William's father, John, who got the family cursed, presumably related to their semi-dead state. Mary tells you of this curse and how to break it, but the game gives no option to follow up on this. Once you've recovered the Knights Morgana murdered, all you can do is leave. On top of that, the Dark Forest and anything relating to that section of the game were clearly far from finished when the final deadline was given, because the dead all share the same two sprites: cloaked or zombie.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The entire franchise was CutShort for unknown reasons, best bet being poor sales. Both the cartoon and comics have an open ending as a result, while the SNES game changed its supposed ending from Morgana summoning a dragon and escaping to Morgana turning into a dragon and being defeated specifically to give the audience closure.
** As far as toys go, the Slime Pit of the first wave never got released. A second wave was planned and shown off at Toy Fair 1993. Known items include Viper's horse (listed as "Evil Horse") and Darren's crossbow cart. Based on fictional focus, likely candidates for a second wave would've been Tone, Breeze, Blackwing, and Lucan along with his cart.
** If the story wouldn't have been LeftHanging, presumably the Knights would have gone on to retrieve all twelve Keys of Truth, free the real Knights, and return home. "Winter Campaign" and "Enter Morgana" also suggest that the Knights would receive backup from another army in the way the Warlords got help from the Purple Horde. Speaking of which, "The Cure" was the last episode to feature the Purple Horde, so a season 3 would've had to deal with the fallout from Morgana's betrayal.

* Rougeanglesofsatin: A typo occurs in the comics at an unfortunate moment, namely when the Knights recite their oath. Rather than vowing to protect the "weak", they vow to protect the "week".

** SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme song sounds a lot like a sped-up version of Music/{{Bananarama}}'s famous 1983 hit "Cruel Summer." The 1998 cover by Music/AceOfBase falls in the middle.

** SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme song sounds a lot like a sped-up version of Music/{{Bananarama}}'s famous 1983 hit "Cruel Summer." The 1998 cover Music/AceOfBase falls in the middle.

** SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The theme song essentially sounds like a sped-up version of Music/{{Bananarama}}'s famous hit "Cruel Summer."

** Of season 2, "A Matter of Honor" and "The Island" have odd scenes in which the characters are drawn as essentially looking like origami figurines. The silhouettes are off and rather than "having detail" the models look built from bricks.

** The shield emblems: Not only do Lug's octopus and Zeke's hydra make no appearance at all in the entire franchise, but most of the creatures barely ever appear. Arthur's dragon, Lance's lion, and Trunk's ram get enough appearances and/or focus scenes to be considered adequately used, but Wally's falcon, Darren's eagle, Breeze's sphinx, Brick's bat, Tone's serpent, Phil's panther, and Gallop's cerberus all are scraping the barrel's bottom. On top of that, their origins are vague if not contradictory and it's only communicated inbetween-the-lines in "Darren's Key", "The Island", and "Quest for the Book" that the shield emblems can be summoned no more than once per mission.

** With as many Knights and Warlords as there are, it's not surprising sometimes colors or models got switched around. Some notable cases are Blinder being colored like Axe (or Axe using Blinder's model) and Mary having red hair and a green shirt in "Enter Morgana", Hammer's colors being switched around in "Darren's Key", Slasher's purple being replaced by red in "Assault on Castle Morgana", and Gallop having Zeke's eyes in "Opening Kick-Off"